The last year has brought a flurry of changes into my life, one after another. Just as I get (partially) used to one, another one tumbles into view, knocking me down again.
I don’t like change. It requires me to get used to an entirely new way of thinking and living, and once I get into [...]
I have two big life changes coming up in the next two months. My youngest child is leaving for college. And I’m moving cross-country to live with an elderly relative.
All this change is stirring up old feelings that, truthfully, I dealt with by not dealing with them. Even no decision is a decision after a [...]
When the kids were small, we used to walk everywhere; I live in a town with a good bus system, and you don’t really need a car. We were poor (or financially embarrassed as I prefer to phrase it) and we didn’t need the extra expense.
I turned walking into a game; in the morning [...]
To say that I love to read is to understate the case. It has been – at various times in my life – an obsession, an escape, and an insatiable thirst for knowledge.
When I first started to read, I wanted to know, and I wanted to know it right now. I sucked in information [...]